Madeline Anderson

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Dentons adds 17th Africa office with Tunisia tie-up

Latest instalment of firm's pan-Africa expansion follows deals in Mozambique and Nigeria last year

24 May 2022

Skadden adds DLA Piper energy co-chair in Houston

Drew Baldinger also served as DLA Piper's M&A vice-chair

24 May 2022

Linklaters and Duane Morris advise on India's largest-ever IPO

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas and Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas provide local law advice on LIC's $2.7bn listing

23 May 2022

France's Mermoz Avocats doubles lawyer headcount following merger with local PE boutique

Combination with HPML sees Mermoz reach 50 fee earners - twice that of its January launch

23 May 2022

Davis Polk draws fire for speaking at event to mark anniversary of Hong Kong's national security law

Wall Street firm 'denounced' over Asia chair's billing to speak at department of justice conference, Financial Times reports

20 May 2022

Winston & Strawn and Kirkland & Ellis both target ‘dynamic’ Miami with new offices

Chicago firms take different routes south, Winston through lateral hires while Kirkland opts to relocate team

19 May 2022

Willkie launches capital markets practice in Frankfurt with double partner hire from McDermott

Arrival of Simon Weiss and Joseph Marx brings US firm's lawyer headcount in Germany to 54

19 May 2022

Dentons expands in Dublin with triple partner hire

Addition of energy and projects and M&A lawyers follow global giant's launch in the city in 2020

18 May 2022

Multidisciplinary dispersed firm launches to target UK high-net-worth clients

Barrister and private banker join forces in venture with ‘fully flexible’ model

17 May 2022

Germany's Hengeler Mueller names next co-managing partners

Real estate specialist Thomas Müller and M&A lawyer Bernd Wirbel set to take the reins in July

17 May 2022

DLA Piper, Roschier advise Philip Morris on $16bn cash offer for Swedish Match

Global firm fielded lawyers from more than 20 offices; Mannheimer Swartling and KANTER advise target

16 May 2022

Simpson Thacher re-hires real estate finance partner from Kirkland in London

James Esterkin re-joins the firm five years after he left for Chicago-based rival in 2017

13 May 2022

Women made up 49% of Fortune 500 general counsel appointments in 2021

Drive by major US corporates to boost diversity bearing fruit as the remit of GCs also broadens, research finds

12 May 2022

Wizz Financial hires White & Case partner as next general counsel in Dubai

Adrianus Schoorl joins fintech with more than 25 years of financial regulatory experience in Europe, the Middle East and North America

12 May 2022

Cooley and Milbank tapped to bring Grindr through $2.1bn SPAC deal

Freshfields also advises on high-profile transaction with Singapore-based blank check company

11 May 2022

Ropes & Gray and Sullivan & Cromwell advise on Pfizer's $11.6bn acquisition of migraine pill maker Biohaven

Deal marks Pfizer's largest acquisition since it bought cancer drug company Medivation for $14bn in 2016

10 May 2022

Ashurst and Travers Smith lead as Morrisons wins bidding war to rescue McColl's

Acquisition takes McColl's out of administration and saves 16,000 UK jobs and 1,160 stores nationwide

10 May 2022

Fieldfisher doubles graduate training programme intake at Belfast legal support centre

All five of last year's programme participants secured permanent roles at the firm

6 May 2022

Orrick raids RPC for 'rising star' London tech partner

Arrival of recently made-up partner Peter Sugden set to boost US firm's European venture capital offering

5 May 2022

Norton Rose Fulbright hires partner from Cliffe Dekker to lead Cape Town banking and finance team

Izak Lessing joins NRF in Cape Town two days after it appointed Michelle David as regional chair

5 May 2022